Exercise 8.1: Statistics: Measures of Central Tendency, Arithmetic Mean

Statistics: Measures of Central Tendency, Arithmetic Mean

Exercise 8.1

1. In a week, temperature of a certain place is measured during winter are as follows 26^oC, 24^oC, 28^oC, 31^oC, 30^oC, 26^oC, 24^oC. Find the mean temperature of the week.

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2. The mean weight of 4 members of a family is 60kg.Three of them have the weight 56kg, 68kg and 72kg respectively. Find the weight of the fourth member.

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3. In a class test in mathematics, 10 students scored 75 marks, 12 students scored 60 marks, 8 students scored 40 marks and 3 students scored 30 marks. Find the mean of their score.

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4. In a research laboratory scientists treated 6 mice with lung cancer using natural medicine. Ten days later, they measured the volume of the tumor in each mouse and given the results in the table.

Find the mean.

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5. If the mean of the following data is 20.2, then find the value of p

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6. In the class, weight of students is measured for the class records. Calculate mean weight of the class students using Direct method.

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7. Calculate the mean of the following distribution using Assumed Mean Method:

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8. Find the Arithmetic Mean of the following data using Step Deviation Method:

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